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Second-seeded Rafael Nadal beat 21st-seeded Beautic van Desandshrup 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6) on Monday for the eighth time in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. I got a spot. London.
Nadaru made half the forced error (17-34) of his opponent from the Netherlands, winning in 2 hours and 21 minutes.
The Spaniards will face 11-seeded Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. Fritz defeated Australian qualifier Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the Grand Slam quarterfinals for the first time.
Nadaru had a tense moment in the second half of the match. He held a 5-2 lead in the third set and lost three games:
Nadaru also blew off three matchpoints during the tiebreaker and then converted the fourth matchpoint to end the match.
"Last year, Botic has improved incredibly. Congratulations to him for this amazing improvement," Nadal later said. "Personally, it's great for me to be able to play in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon three years later without playing here after everything that has happened in the last few months. I'm very, very happy."
Fritz won one of his biggest career wins when he defeated Nadal in a straight set earlier this year and won the ATP 1000 level crown at Indian Wells.
Against Kubler, Fritz made a vivid effort to serve 16 of the 40 winners.
"The first Grand Slam quarterfinal, that's really a big deal," Fritz said in an interview on the court. "I'm happy to be an American on July 4th by participating in Final Eight. It's great to be in my first quarterfinal. That's all I'm spending. It just shows that the effort has been rewarded. "
Australia's Nick Kirios and Chile's Christian Garin will be squared in another quarter-final match.
Kyrgios defeated Brandon Nakashima 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2 on Monday, Garin rebounded from 2 sets to 2-6 did. , 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (6) beat 19-seeded Australian Alex De Minaur.
Despite his pain in his right shoulder, Kyrgios won a whopping 35 ace in a battle that took 3 hours and 11 minutes. He was a winner and had an advantage of 79-37.
This is the second time Kyrgios has reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (2014). It also marks his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since reaching Final 8 at the 2015 Australian Open.
"First, it's the hell of Brandon's efforts. It's only 20 years old," Kyrgios said in a court interview. "It was close to my best performance, but I fought really hard, and I'm very happy to be able to get through."
Garin took 4 hours and 34 minutes. After agitating the comeback victory, he will play in his first career, the Grand Slam quarterfinals.
"I gave everything I had. It was a very tough fight. It was a fight," Garin said. "I think Alex is a great player. For me, one of the best players on the grass.
" I'm exhausted. I just worked hard and the fifth set is him or me. I think it was because we both fought a lot. ”
Garin, who had to save two match points in the fifth set, was the winner with a 56-31 edge. I had, but I also made an unforced error of 72 to 50 in De Minaur.
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